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Millionaires Surtax Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a surtax on high income individuals.

Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Latest action (Apr 15, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Economy & Taxes

Summary

The bill imposes a new 10 percent surtax on high-income individuals, in addition to regular income tax. The surtax applies to income above $2,000,000 for married couples filing jointly and above $1,000,000 for single filers and surviving spouses. The tax is calculated on modified adjusted gross income, which is adjusted gross income with certain adjustments for investment interest deductions. The bill includes special rules for nonresident aliens, citizens living abroad, and charitable trusts, and specifies that the surtax does not count toward other tax credits or calculations. The surtax is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.

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Actions (2)

  1. Apr 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Apr 15, 2026 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 15, 2026

Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a surtax on high income individuals.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Millionaires Surtax Act”.

SEC. 2. SURCHARGE ON HIGH INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

(a) In General.—Subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

“PART VIII—SURCHARGE ON HIGH INCOME INDIVIDUALS

“Sec. 59B. Surcharge on high income individuals.

“SEC. 59B. SURCHARGE ON HIGH INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

“(a) General Rule.—In the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, there is hereby imposed (in addition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle) a tax equal to 10 percent of so much of the modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer as exceeds $2,000,000.

“(b) Taxpayers Not Making a Joint Return.—In the case of any taxpayer other than a taxpayer making a joint return under section 6013 or a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting ‘$1,000,000’ for ‘$2,000,000’.

“(c) Modified Adjusted Gross Income.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘modified adjusted gross income’ means adjusted gross income reduced by any deduction (not taken into account in determining adjusted gross income) allowed for investment interest (as defined in section 163(d)). In the case of an estate or trust, adjusted gross income shall be determined as provided in section 67(e).

“(d) Special Rules.—

“(1) Nonresident alien.—In the case of a nonresident alien individual, only amounts taken into account in connection with the tax imposed under section 871(b) shall be taken into account under this section.

“(2) Citizens and residents living abroad.—The dollar amount in effect under subsection (a) (after the application of subsection (b)) shall be decreased by the excess of—

“(A) the amounts excluded from the taxpayer’s gross income under section 911, over

“(B) the amounts of any deductions or exclusions disallowed under section 911(d)(6) with respect to the amounts described in subparagraph (A).

“(3) Charitable trusts.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a trust all the unexpired interests in which are devoted to one or more of the purposes described in section 170(c)(2)(B).

“(4) Not treated as tax imposed by this chapter for certain purposes.—The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of section 55.”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of parts for subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

“Part VIII—Surcharge on High Income Individuals”.

(c) Section 15 Not To Apply.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be treated as a change in a rate of tax for purposes of section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. <all>

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